Monday, July 05, 2010 Toyota Further Localizes North American Manufacturing Leadership
 In an organizational move providing more regional autonomy to Toyota’s North American manufacturing operations, the company is making appointments resulting in increased local leadership at its plants.
The appointments listed below are effective since July 1, 2010 unless noted, pending approval by the Toyota Motor Corporation board of directors on June 24:
• Ray Tanguay, currently president of the Ontario plant, is appointed chairman there;
• Brian Krinock is appointed president of the Ontario plant;
• Phil Rodi is appointed vice president of manufacturing in Ontario.
• Steve St. Angelo, currently president of the Kentucky and Mississippi plants, is appointed chairman of the Kentucky plant, and on August 1 will be appointed chairman of the Mississippi plant;
• Wil James is appointed president of the Kentucky plant;
• Masafumi Hamaguchi is appointed president of the Mississippi plant, beginning August 1;
• Chris Nielsen is appointed president of the Texas plant;
• Norm Bafunno is appointed president of the Indiana plant;
• Karl Kusturok is appointed vice president of production engineering at TEMA;
Bafunno and Nielsen are replacing Japanese presidents in Indiana and Texas, respectively.
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